Regional Data & AI Lead, Asia

Howden Insurance Brokers Limited; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commensurate with qualification and经验

Learning opportunities

Regional mandate

Job summary

Howden is seeking a seasoned Regional Data Officer to own Howden Asia's data agenda. This senior, hands-on role will set the regional strategy and collaborate with country and regional leaders to turn data into value, supported by Group Data & AI.

You will drive data initiatives from strategy to delivery and build a federated data capability in Asia. In this role you will partner with COO, CCO and CEO peers to prioritise use cases, deliver measurable outcomes, and enable data-led decisions

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the regional data strategy, aligned with divisional and Group-wide objectives.
• Maintain an executive KPI scorecard to enable data-led leadership.
• Set the regional data agenda by working with senior leaders (COOs, CCOs and CEOs) to identify, prioritise and win backing for the use cases that will move the business.
• Deliver tangible, visible value against those use cases, spanning data and AI, sourcing from Group, third parties and local resource for delivery.
• Turn proven demand into a business case for growing local resource, expanding the team as the value of data is established.
• Drive revenue growth by executing the existing Market Derived Income strategy and identifying new opportunities through data analysis.
• Turn data into actionable client and market insights that sharpen client servicing and targeting.
• Improve operational efficiency by streamlining processes and reducing overheads through better use of data.
• Raise data and AI literacy across the region, helping colleagues get real value from the enterprise AI tools already available (Claude, Copilot and ChatGPT).
• Identify practical AI use cases and deliver them using existing enterprise tools, Group capability and third parties, with appropriate human oversight in a regulated environment.

Job description

Howden is seeking a seasoned Regional Data Officer to own Howden Asia's data agenda. This senior, hands-on role will set the regional strategy and collaborate with country and regional leaders to turn data into value, supported by Group Data & AI.

You will drive data initiatives from strategy to delivery and build a federated data capability in Asia. In this role you will partner with COO, CCO and CEO peers to prioritise use cases, deliver measurable outcomes, and enable data-led decisions